Riverbrian

There are guarantees on Gibson duplicating, staying healthy or anything of the sort but regardless that doesn’t mean we should assume he won’t. I’m just a firm believer in letting a guy continue doing well. Trade the Free Agent club for what you can acquire and keeping building the roster in the off season. I ain’t in the mood to start over.

If you feel you have a chance in 2019. You don't trade Gibson. You try to acquire more guys like Gibson or better. If you don't feel you have a chance in 2019... Then trade him but you end up jumping from window to window until you find the window that opens just right. I think the Twins have a chance in 2019.

I'm Ok with Cave diving for the ball. If he makes that catch he ends the inning. It wasn't impossible to catch that ball, he just didn't make the catch. Yes the consequences were bad when he didn't make it but I'll take the guy trying to hard at this moment, with this team over the guy who doesn't. Play Ball!

And he has taken over for someone injured each of those years. I’m assuming that need will never change.

My desire to retain Escobar would be the same if he wasn’t having the year he is having. I wouldn’t offer him a QO but We better be a top bidder to bring him back. We need the position flexibility.

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I agree and I hope it is the Twins that offer that 2/20 or 3/24 and bring him back home.

In late February, Brian Dozier publicly expressed that he was going to be a free agent. Since then we've had a couple TD posters take this public expression as some sort of declaration that he doesn't want to be here. These comments by a couple of TD posters ignore previous public statements by Dozier in January that he would be willing to sign an extension and saying that he wants to remain a Twin. It also ignores that the Twins didn't offer him an extension leaving Dozier no option but to become a free agent. These are big boys making big boy money decisions and it is much better for everyone if they don't make public comments that can be misunderstood and can and will be used against them in the court of social media.

I think I understand what you are saying but I'm not sure "why" you are saying it. Things are time sensitive these days which will cause a variety of reactions from all of us offering opinion on it. I know it isn't our decision but we have 10 games to decide how we feel on: Do we trade Brian Dozier or do we ride his pending hot streak into the playoffs? I made up my mind on June 23rd but I'm not sure if Paul Molitor and the front office share my opinion. So, I'm OK with the additional clarity that has been provided the past couple of games if it makes the decision easier.

You should probably take a look at their hands. You'll notice the blisters. They've had a strong grip on those pitchforks for awhile.

BTW... It wasn't that I disagreed with your overall sentiment yesterday. Personally... I was just making fun of the way you daisy chained from the Escobar pop-up in the first inning to the end of civilization. It was all in good fun and I hope you didn't take it in anything other than that spirit.

This isn't a new development. The offense has absolutely killed us this year By dropping two games in the standings immediately after the All-Star break. It should kill any lingering thoughts that the 9-2 stretch before the all-star break was a smelling salt of some kind. Make yer deals

It's alright. The team is telling the front office what to do next. Make yer deals. Get ready for 2019. It's alright.

Hey Now... I said 2nd Half. I did not specifically mention July 21, 2018. Doesn't anyone read the fine print anymore.

I didn't realize that play in the first inning had that many serious implications.

I'm not sure how you can be confident they don't want him back. The Twins don't offer an extension could mean lots of things that are miles from "they don't want him back".

Agreed Most dogs don't have the ability to clean carpets. Dozier in the 2nd half is very impressive but also like being impressed by how amazing your dog is because it can almost clean all the dog whiz out of the carpet and forgiving that it was the dog who whizzed on the carpet.

I love the guy... He's one of us. When he gets on a hot streak it is a thing of beauty. But Yeah... Everyone knows he's a slow starter. We have the information by now... yet seemingly no way for the organization to prepare for it?

Perfect!!!

Then I retract my complete contempt and replace it with a disapproving head shake because you surely know how every Sano thread is derailed by such things.

I'm trying to restore my faith in humanity and sentences like this... just plain make it harder for me to do so. This is a Cheap Shot

I'd do something that very few would agree with but... I'm trading: Dozier and Lynn plus an appropriate prospect to the Brewers for Keon Broxton. Escobar, Morrison and Duke plus an appropriate prospect to the A's for a young infielder. (Mateo?) The A's may be crazy enough to do it. And of course the Brewers and A's will make these deals because if they don't... I have nothing hypothetical to offer. These players would fit into my plans to build depth and safety nets in 2019 and hopefully avoid repeating what happened in 2018. Honest to God competition for playing time in 2019 or bust.

I've been clumsily trying to zero in on this point for awhile now. I don't care about Niko Goodrum. Organizations have to make decisions on players and live with them... It doesn't matter to me. However... at some point, you have to take a look at it the whole thing and start to question a few things. 1. The term dumpster diving has been thrown around a lot here. We make frequent waiver claim pickups. Why can't we find a Brad Hand or a Max Muncy. My suspicion is that they are not given the opportunity. 2. While not caring about Niko Goodrum and able to move on from Niko Goodrum without blame... Any argument that the Twins couldn't afford the opportunity to give him more than 17 AB's is false.The Dodgers were able to identify, Max Muncy, Chris Taylor, Kike Hernandez and Justin Turner despite having a better roster on paper and more money to throw at established guys. My suspicion is that the Dodgers give them opportunity to prove themselves and become valuable to the team. 3. Trevor Plouffe had an everyday job... everybody is shoved aside so Trevor Plouffe can play everyday. The presence of Trevor Plouffe prevented them from moving Sano out of RF, The presence of Trevor Plouffe prevented Kennys Vargas from continuing a hot run and all of this happened during a year when the Twins ended up with the 1st pick overall. Trevor Plouffe went from everyday for us to quickly NOT WANTED by anyone in MLB. My suspicion is that the Twins over reward marginal veterans at the expense of anybody with something to prove. If I'm Jake Cave, Max Muncy or Chris Taylor... The Twins are the last organization that I would want to sign with or be with. The reason: You will get no opportunity to prove yourself while the organization tolerates sub-par play from the pre-season hand picked choices. I am 99% convinced that Max Muncy would not have gotten a chance to become the Max Muncy of today if he would have signed with the Twins. We are too busy turning to Belisle and Plouffe and whatever half assed vet we can roster. It's a down year... TRY SOMETHING ELSE. Morrison has had more than enough chances. The Twins have not been overwhelmed with extraordinary performances over the past decade. We should have found some diamond's in the rough by now. We should have identified some Palka's or Goodrums along the way. Robbie Grossman is the best we have done? We haven't created depth because we have been our own speed bumps by not allowing opportunity and we are doing it for no reason at all.

They do have to be strategic and the strategy clearly isn’t working. This is an organization that will play Plouffe everyday before The rest of the league identifies him as AAAA and not play guys like Palka before they make impacts on other squads. Something is wrong. The decisions are hard but come on. The Twins need to do a better job of finding and developing depth.

I don't think the high draft pick is the ultimate goal. Right now with the Astros, Cubs, Phillies, Braves as examples... It's hard to argue against the strategy.